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Religion in Japan is manifested primarily in Shinto and in Buddhism, the two main faiths, which Japanese people often practice simultaneously. According to estimates, as many as 70% of the populace follow Shinto rituals to some degree, worshiping ancestors and spirits at domestic altars and public shrines .
The few Hindu temples in Japan are as follows: Shirdi Saibaba Temple, Tokyo; ISKCON New Gaya, Tokyo; ISKCON Osaka Center, Osaka; Vedanta Society of Japan, Kanagawa; BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Tokyo; Shiva Shakti Mandir, Tokyo; The Association of Religion Data Archives estimated that 24,182 Hindus in Japan as of 2020. [15]
I've removed the two pie charts. These type of charts assume that people associated with only one religion which is manifestly untrue in Japan. I've also revamped the opening paragraph in the Demographics section. The previous version had a reasonably good source but used only one fact from it and perhaps the least interesting fact in the source.
As cremation is the norm in Japan (with over 99.9% of cemeteries exclusively conducting cremations) [39], the growing Muslim population faces challenges in finding burial plots that adhere to Islamic tradition, which strictly forbids cremation. [40] As of early 2024, the Muslim population in Japan was estimated to be 350,000.
The year 2024 was one for the history books, and 538's visual journalists and reporters were hard at work explaining the data behind the news with visualizations and interactives.
According to estimates by the Japanese Government's Agency for Cultural Affairs, as of 2018, Buddhism was the predominant religion in Japan with about 84 million adherents or about 69% of the Japanese population, while Shinto had the second most, though a large number of people practice elements of both. [1]
The Japanese word for Christianity (キリスト教, Kirisuto-kyō) is a compound of kirisuto (キリスト) the Japanese adaptation of the Portuguese word for Christ, Cristo, and the Sino-Japanese word for doctrine (敎, kyō, a teaching or precept, from Middle Chinese kæ̀w 敎), as in Bukkyō (仏教, Japanese for Buddhism).
Shinto is the largest religion in Japan, practiced by nearly 80% of the population, yet only a small percentage of these identify themselves as "Shintoists" in surveys. [99] According to surveys carried out in 2006 and 2008 show that 3% to 3.9% of the population of Japan are members of Shinto sects and derived religions. [100]